Self-closing faucet and wrench or handle therefor.



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SELF CLOSING F'AUQET AND WRENCH 0R HANDLTHEREFOR.

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` WHETON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, SSIGNOJR. T0 A. W. WHETON 1B t: SS

WORKS, A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Paten-ted Feb. 5, fwf

Application :tiled May 17, 1916. Serial No. 98,002.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l[, ABRAM W. WHEATON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Self-Closing Faucet andWrench or Handle rllherefor; and ll do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and tocharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

'llhe present invention relates, generally, to improvements in faucets,particularly adapted for use upon oil and gasolene tank wagons; and theinvention relates, more particularly, to an improved self-closing faucetand wrench or handle fory operating v the same. y

rllhe object ofthe invention is to provide in connection with aself-closing faucet a novel wrench or handle for operating the same soconstructedv as to readily and easily coperate with a novel means uponsaid faucet to hold the latter in opened position until the wrench orhandle is removed therefrom, where` such condition is desirable. 4fn theuse of tank wagons, usedto deliver oil, gasolene, etc., to dealers, thefluid is carrled in bulk in the tank and drawn od in desired quantitiesin portable cans and thus delivered. it .frequently happens, however,that the dealers storage tank is so located that it may be connected byhose directly to the faucet of the tank wagon, thus avoiding the toil oflling and carrying the portable cans. When such is the case the driver,after attaching the hose to the faucet, must stand and hold the handleor 'wrench in operated position against the pressure of the self-closingmechanism of the faucet,.-this is both troublesome and irksome. To avoidthe necessity of such trouble is the object of the present invention,which provides a novel construction .of handle or wrench and means onthe faucet with which the handle or wrench coperates to hold the faucetopen against the pressure of the self-closing mechanism thereof.

Other objects of the present invention, not at this time moreparticularly enumerad,

will be clearly understood from the following detailed description ofthe same.

With the lobjects of the invention in view, the same consists primarilyin the novel selfclosing faucet and operating wrench or handle thereforhereinafter set forth; and the invention consists, furthermore, in thenovel arrangements and combinations o f the various devices and parts aswell asin the details of the construction of the said parts, all ofwhich will be more fully described' in the following specification, andthen finally embodied in the claims which are a pended to and which forman essential pa t of the said specification. l

The invention is clearly illustrated'in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a part elevation and part vertical sectional view ofthe faucet showing the novel wrench or handle applied thereto ternallyscrew-threaded extension 3,- for the reception of the threaded end ofthe tankwagon outlet pi e, (not shown). The upper portion of theaucet-body 1 is formed with an extension 4r, serving as a casing for aspiral spring 5, surrounding the stem 6 of the valve 7 the body 8 ofsaid valve being composed of rubber or some such resilient material. Theupper portion of the faucetbody 1 is also provided with a horizontallaterally extending off-set portion 9, provided with suitable bearingsand a short-A shaft 10' which has its exterior end 11 squared, toreceive 'the female engagingportion4 l2 of a wrench or handle-body 13,

the details of which will be subsequently more fully described. Rigidlysecured to the shaft 10, within the faucet-body 1, is an arm 14, whichworks in a transverse slot 15 in the stem 6 of the valve 7, so that whenthe shaft 10 is turned, in 'me direction, the

valve 7 will be raised. Connected with said faucet-body 1 is 4adownwardly extending nozzle-portion 16, which is provided within saidfaucet-body 1 with a valve-seat portion 17 upon which the valve 7 seatsitself when in closed position. The said nozzle-portion 16 is exteriorlyscrew-threaded at its lower end, asindicated at 18, for the reception ofthe internally threaded cap 19, which is provided at intervals, upon itsperiphery, with ears 20, havin apertures 21 therein. y

Extending rom the front of the faucetbody 1 and integral therewith is ahook 22, upon which a bucket or can may be hung` while the same is beingfilled. Pivoted to this hook near the nfaucet-body is a link 23 providedwith an elongated aperture 24 near its lower end, which is adapted toembrace -one `or the other of the ears 20, and extends pair ofperforated horizontal ears. 25

through which a pintle 26 is passed. Journaled upon said pintle 26 is ahandle-portion 27, thus pivotally associated with said wrench-body 13 soas to swi in a horizontal plane. The innerv end o said handle-fl portion27 is provided with astop-portion 28 which engages the outer end, ofsaid wrench-body 13 between the ears 25, so as to limit the movement ofsaid handle-portion 27 in one direction. Connected rigidly with thepivoted end of said handle-portion 27, on a side opposite to saidstop-portion 28, is a laterally extending arm 29, pref--v erablyextending at right angles to said handle-portion. Located upon theexterior surface of' said laterally extending offset portion 9 of saidfaucet-body 1 is a latchnosing 30, the upper side of which is preferablychamfered. When said female engaging-portion 12 of the wrench-body 13 isapplied to the squared end 11 of the shaft 10, the handle-portion 27being so disposed v that its stop-portion 28 is in operative engagementwith said wrench-body 13, said handle-portion 27 is inclined upwardly,as

indicated by the dotted representation, thereof in Fig. 1 0f thedrawings. By pressing down on the handle-portion 27, the shaft 10 isrotated and the arm 14 is pressed into lifting engagement with the stem6 to raise the valve 7 Now, if it is desired to hold the valve raised oropen, without nehandle-portion, the tension of the spring 5 transmittedthereto through the intermediate parts, will keep the laterallyextending f arm 29 in such engagement with the latchnosing 30 and will,by thus obstructing the upward return movement of the handle-portion andwrench-body, hold open the valveuntil the desired quantity of fluid haspassed therethrough. To release the handle-portion the same isoscillated horizontally to the right, so as to swing away the free endof said laterally extendlng arm 29 from its engagement with thelatch-nosing 30, (as shown by the dotted representation of the same in-Fig. 2 of the drawings), whereupon, by removing the pressure upon thehandle-portion 27, the spring 5 will automatically close the valve 7,and thus shut off the passage of the Huid through the faucet.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim s 1. The combination with a faucet having a self-closing valve, ofmeans for raising saidvalve including a rotatable shaft having awrench-receiving end, a detachable wrench-member to engage said shaft, ahandle-portion pivoted to said wrench-member so as to swing in ahorizontal plane, a laterally extending arm connected with the pivotedendof said handle-portion, and a latch-nosing projecting from theexterior surface of said faucet beneath which said laterally extendingarm of said handlemember may be swung to hold said wrenchmember inoperated position against the operation of said self-closing valve.

f" 2. The combination with a faucet having a' self-closing valve, ofmeans for raising said valve including a rotatable shaft having awrench-receiving ,n end, a detachable wrench-member to engage saidshaft, a handle-portion pivoted to said wrench-member so as to swing ina horizontal plane, a laterally extending arm connected with the pivotedend of said handle-portion, a latchnosing projecting from the exteriorsurface of sald faucet beneath which said laterally extending arm ofsaid handle-member may be swung to hold said wrench-member in operatedposition against the operation of said Self-closing valve, and astop-means connected with said handle-portion and adapted to engage saidwrench-member to limit the swing of said handle-member in the oppositedirection.

3. The combination with a faucet having a self-closing valve, of meansfor raising said valve including a rotatable Shaft havlao igaaae'zoportion journaled on said pintle between said lugs so as to swing in ahorizontal plane, a laterally extending arm connected with the pivotedend of said handle-portion, and a latch-nosing projecting from theexterior surface of said faucet beneath which said laterally extendingarm of said handle-portion may be swung to hold said wrench-body inoperated position against the operation of said self-closing valve.

4C. The combination with a faucethaving a self-closing valve, of meansfor raising said^valve including a rotatable shaft hav- 7 ing asquaredportion at 'its exterior end, a

I detachable wrench-body having atbne'end' a laterallydirected squaredopening adapted to fity over the squared portlon of said shaft, a pairof vertically alined perforated Y lugs at the other end of saidwrench-body, a pintle supported by said lugs, a handleportion journaledon said .pintle between said lugs so, as to swing 1n a horizontal plane,a, laterally extending arm connected with the pivoted end of saidhandle-portion, a latch-nosing projecting from the exterior surface ofsaid faucet beneath which said laterally extending arm of saidvhandle-portion may be swung to hold said Wrench-body in operatedposition yagainst the operation of said self-closing valve, and astop-means connected with the pivoted end of said handle-portion on theside opposite said laterallyl extending arm adapted to engage saidwrench-body to limit the swing of Said handle-member in the oppositedirection.

ln testimony, that ll claim the invention.

set forth above 1 have hereunto set my hand this 15 day of May, 1916.

ABRAM W. WHEATON Witnesses:

FREDK. C. lFRAENTzEL, FREDK.`H. W. lliaernq'rz.EL.

